*The fine folks at Crime City Central have included a reading of my story "Fred Menace, Commie for Hire" in their latest podcast. Mike Boris does a great job with the narration, so if you don't know the story (or even if you do) you might want to check it out.

*Blogger-reviewer-Great White Northerner and all-around good doobier Neal Munro has posted a new Q&A with me on his website, Gutenberg's Son. Well, the Q&A's not that new, actually. I just forgot to promote it when it first appeared a month ago. Oops. I guess that makes this a Cold Link. Maybe we can warm it up with a little Web traffic, whadaya say?

*And finally, mistress-of-all-things-zombie Jess D'Arbonne has given Cadaver in Chiefa rave review over at the Denver Zombie Examiner. Just in case you don't follow the link, I'm going to quote my favorite lines here. [Clears throat.] "Probably the best thing about Cadaver in Chief is that it is genuinely, wickedly, intelligently funny...It is a textbook example of how to use zombies effectively in comedy." Thanks, Jess! And I'm happy to say she's not the only one singing the book's praises: It's racked up 16 five-star reviews on Amazon. And that's out of 20 reviews! Not a bad batting average. If you haven't given the book a try...well, dang it, what's the hold-up?